Buffalo NY

A student spoke up before we began class this morning, with a hopeful look on her face, eyebrows raised, Do you really practice every day? She was getting ready to go to her winter residence and hoping I’d let her off … Continued

Yogic Wisdom

'Can I extend my awareness of my self and bring it to each and every part of my body without any variation This is what I mean by fullness in meditation.'

BKS Iyengar THE TREE OF YOGA 'the flower'

Life is beautiful. There's treasure in every moment-treasure you may overlook unless you are aware of the impermanence of everything.

Steve Ross HAPPY YOGA 'You Were Never Born and You Will Never Die'

...the 8 factors (limbs) of Patanjali's Yoga could usefully be arranged in a circle since it is by their combined power that the yogin propels himself forward along the path of internalisation.

George Feuerstein THE YOGA SUTRA OF PATANJALI 'The Eightfold Yoga'

'Here is everywhere, every moment for waking up before we die.'

Sara Baker Michalak THE GARDEN WITHIN 'December 27'

Indeed, when a group, a path, a teacher, a practice, or a community begin to see themselves as having 'the perfect way,' it is a sure sign that reality testing has been impaired.

Stephen Cope YOGA AND THE QUEST FOR THE TRUE SELF 'To the Mountaintop'

'This longing you express is the return message.'

RUMI trans. Coleman Barks THE ESSENTIAL RUMI 'Love Dogs'

“One must first of all concentrate one’s thoughts on an object. Once one’s mind achieves a state of concentration and the space between oneself and the object has disappeared, the essential nature of the object can be perceived. Then express it immediately. If one ponders it, it will vanish from the mind.”

MATSUO BASHO 'Learn From the Pine'

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

Imagine your bones are like tiny, light boats bobbing up and down on the current of your breathing.

Donna Farhi YOGA MIND BODY & SPIRIT 'Letting the Breath Move You'

The goal of this journey is not only freedom from suffering but an expanded capacity for creativity, clarity, and joy.

Miranda Shaw PASSIONATE ENLIGHTENMENT

The essence of realization is nowness,Occurring all at once, with nothing to add or subtract. Self-liberation, innate great bliss, Free from hope or fear. . .

Chogyam Trungpa, Nalanda trans. THE LIFE OF MARPA THE TRANSLATOR 'Marpa's First Journey to India'

An empty day without events. And that is whyit grew immenseas space. And suddenlyhappiness of beingentered me.